Biology:Aethes beatricella

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Short description: Species of moth

Aethes beatricella
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Aethes
Species:
A. beatricella
Binomial name
Aethes beatricella
(Walsingham, 1898)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lozopera beatricella Walsingham, 1898

Aethes beatricella, the hemlock yellow conch, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1898. It is found in Great Britain, Sweden, Denmark , the Netherlands, France , Spain , Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Ukraine , Russia [2] and Algeria. The habitat consists of waste grounds, woodland fringes and hedgerows.

The wingspan is 14–17 millimetres (0.55–0.67 in). Adults are on wing from June to July.[3]

The larvae feed on Pastinaca sativa[4] and Conium species.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13436925 entry